In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it
is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts goods of the
description as specified in column (3) of the Table below and falling under the
sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975
(51 of 1975), as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said
Table, when imported into India from Thailand, from so much of the duty of
customs leviable thereon which is specified in the said First Schedule as is in
excess of the amount calculated at fifty per cent. of the rate specified
in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table subject to the
condition that the importer proves to the satisfaction of the Deputy
Commissioner of Customs or Assistant Commissioner of Customs, as the case may
be, that the goods in respect of which the exemption under this notification is
claimed are of the origin of Thailand, in accordance with provisions of Interim
Rules of Origin, published with the notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 101/2004-Customs (N.T.),
dated the 31st August, 2004.

2. This
notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of September,
2004.